Are you ready to be a yoga teacher and open your self to help more people be part of the yoga community? Join the inspirational YogaUnion team, Senior & head teacher Ourania Bouzouki along with Spyros & Sarah in this skill-enhancing yoga teacher training to not only deepen yoga’s knowledge and practice but also promote a healthier lifestyle through yourself, for your self and your students. You will practice and be guided through various yoga asanas, pranayama, take part in enlightening workshops, and meet like-minded fellows who have same passion and love yoga.

Get your knowledge, confidence, and skills to increase by training under a highly-experienced team of specialists and see yourself turn into a yoga expert!

During this self development trip in Bali, you will stay in a cozy comfortable and traditional eco-friendly accommodation and enjoy daily healthy meals as everything we eat is based on the principles of vegetarianism, Ayurveda, and macrobiotics.

HIGHLIGHTS

The opportunity to register with YogaAllianceProffesional as a full member and receive official certification

Daily vegetarian breakfast, lunch, and dinner

22 nights’ accommodation

PACKAGES (all included)

Private room : 2.100€

Shared room (2 persons) :1850€

SKILL LEVEL

Beginner

Intermediate

STYLES

Vinyasa (Course main specialization)

Hatha

Ashtanga

Yin Yoga

TEACHERS

Ourania Bouzouki

Spyros Kapitsinos

Sarah Abdelmoneim

20 days with instruction in English

Spoken languages: English

The maximum participants in the group is 30

CERTIFICATIONS

Upon completion of this yoga teacher training, students will have 14 days to register for full membership in YogaAllianceProfessionals using the special offer (£120/year instead of £155) and receive the internationally recognised certification from YogaAllianceProffesionals that allows them to teach all over the world.

** Registration for full membership in YogaAllianceProffesionals is necessary for the activation of the certification.

PROGRAM

This is a Yoga Alliance Professionals Registered 200-hour yoga teacher training program. Students who participate should have 1-2 years of practical experience in yoga. The total hours offered will be a minimum of 200 hours consisting of atleast 180 contact hours. Worldwide acknowledged senior teacher (SYT) Ourania Bouzouki will teach 70% of the hours. These will include:

Practice techniques

Analysis of atleast 80 postures and more advanced postures including arm balances, backbends, and inversions.

Modifications and advanced variations of all postures.

How to use yoga props like blocks-bolsters-straps-blankets, using walls in your yoga practice, and rope headstands.

Observation, feedback and guidance on your personal practice by teachers every day immediately after the asana class

Daily hands-on-adjustments are given to students by expert teachers to deepen your physical practice.

The teachers will always be present in your practice, observing and guiding you through all the necessary corrections, adjustments, variations and improvements. Once a week, there will also be posture clinic lessons to make sure that you practice with the correct technique and alignment. When you graduate from the course, appart from everything else you will have advanced your practice to a much higher level and will be able to apply all the newfound theoretical knowledge, in your own practice.

PRACTICE TECHNIQUES

Analysis of the 80 postures and more advanced postures (arm balances, back-bends, and inversions)

Modifications, other variations, and advanced variation of all postures

HOW TO USE YOGA PROPS:

Block, bolster, strap, and blanket

Wall in your yoga practice

Rope headstand

WORKSHOPS

The themed workshops will cover a wide range of key asanas like handstands, backbends, inversions, and hip openers among many others. Twice per week, the trainees will be given a theme and work on it through more advanced asanas and demanding postures, as well as the way to work towards them and all the preliminary exercises and progressions/regressions.

TEACHING PRACTICE

Teaching practice will include practice on teaching, receiving feedback, observing others teaching, hearing, and giving feedback. It also includes assisting students while someone else is teaching. Furthermore, you will start to teach from the first day.

The building of the yoga lessons will be gradual and smooth facilitating everyone to develop their talents. Teaching will also be progressive starting from the first week and moving step by step and ending up in full open classes. Regular feedback is given by teachers and fellow students about your teaching so that you can improve and find your unique voice and style as a teacher.

Giving hands on adjustment

Teaching methodology and technique

Principles of demonstration

Observing, assisting, and correcting

Instruction, teaching styles, and qualities of a teacher

Voice projection, floor presence

The student’s process of learning

Planning and structuring a class

Alignment and hands-on-adjustment

Dealing with injuries and safety precautions

Business aspects of teaching yoga

Pranayama, mudra, bandhas, and Kriya yoga

PRANAYAMA (YOGIC BREATHING)

According to the great yogis, breath equals to energy flow so through these morning classes the trainees will get hands-on experience of how the breath works. Pranayama course will consist of the introduction, its aspects, pranic body, different types of prana, types of breathing, an anatomy of breathing, and yogic breathing. Moreover, various breath technics will be tested such as:

The aim of yoga, modification of mind, mental disposition, different levels of preparation, meaning of Om, Kriya yoga, Samyama yoga, and Samadhi yoga

Obstacles on the path of yoga, physical and mental disturbances caused by an unconcentrated mind, means to overcome obstacles, methods to control the modifications of mind

Life style and ethics for a yoga practitioner and teacher

ANATOMY

This will include both human physical anatomy and physiology (bodily systems, organs, etc.) and energy anatomy and physiology (chakras, nadis, etc.). This also includes both the study of the subject and application of its principles to yoga practice (benefits, contraindications, healthy movement patterns, etc.). You will also learn practical anatomy with a major emphasis on muscular and skeletal structures and in-depth study of joint movements and their application to yoga practice.

YOGA AS A CAREER

Ethics in yoga business building network with other yoga teachers, schools, studios, and retreats

Accommodation

Gustis Garden Ubud, is an eco-retreat center in Bali, Indonesia. The place is a peaceful, magical sanctuary beautifully nestled in among the rice fields and lush jungle. Its design is a fusion between contemporary and authentic Bali. During your stay, you will get Wi-Fi, hot water, Campuhan Hill view, daily cleaning service, mosquito net, safe, towels, and terrace. The resort is embedded in lush vegetation, overlooking the steep sunset valley on one side and the open rice paddies on the other side. A second venue will be available, Nirwa Karma Ubud. Nirwa Karma is a newly built, traditional Balinese Inn, situated right on top on the rice fields. It offers beautiful rooms with private toilet, mosquito net, daily cleaning service, pool, and free Wi-Fi. Due to its secluded location, it offers spectacular view of the rice fields and lush jungle.

Food

All meals will be based on the principles of vegetarianism, Ayurveda, and macrobiotics. Local fresh ingredients are tasty combinations and full of energy which will drive you to a tasty journey of all the senses.THE FOLLOWING MEALS ARE INCLUDED:
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner

Subsidized trainee membership and certification with YogaAllianceProfessionals (All students names and e-mail addresses will be forwarded directly to YAP for approval and not any other third parties)

Subsidized join up fee (saving of 35£) if students upgrade their YogaAllianceProfessionals membership within 14 days of graduation

Textbooks, manuals, and other printed course materials

Theoretical lessons in Yoga Philosophy and Anatomy & Physiology and its application to yoga

Personal development classes and shatkarma kits

Daily vegetarian breakfast, lunch, and dinner

22 nights’ accommodation

What's NOT Included

Any activities, tours and purchases outside of the ttc course

Air and land transportation to and around Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia.

No automatic insurance for UK/EIRE trainees

Booking

To book and reserve a spot, a deposit of 400€ is required.

Full payment is required upon the first day of your training. Options include cash (all currencies are accepted, euro is prefered) or bank transfer.

Selection of students will be based on a reservation date/time basis. In the event of a fully booked course, priority will be given to the students who booked their spots earlier. The same applies to the accomodation in the case of fully booked hotel.

We reserve the right to refuse a place in the training course to students who have not paid their deposit or full fees by the required date.

Refund policy

The deposit is fully refundable 90 days prior to the teacher training course starting date. After that we offer the option of the deposit to be carried over to any of our future yttc’s.

Once the course starts and the full payment is made no refunds will be available. In cases of extreme circumstances, you may email us in info@yogauniontrip.com and we will try to help any way we can.

Extensions for students who are unable to complete the requirements of this course will not be given, however we can offer re-sittings in any of our future ttc’s or with skype.

Complaints Procedure

All complaints must be written and sent to us in english. All complaints will be considered and answered within 2 days. We guarantee that all complaints will remain anonymous.

Code of Conduct

This a declaration of acceptable, ethical and professional behaviour. All students must comply with the requirements and accept that failure to do so will potentially disqualify them from completing your course.

Students are expected to act in a way so as they do not cause harm and nuisance to any person on the teacher training course.

Students must comply with the health and safety policy of the venue.

Students may not bring any equipment or items of dangerous or hazardous nature in the course.

Students shall not cause any damage to any part of the venue (including outside areas, and all inside walls, flooring, fixtures and fittings). Students are solely liable for any damage caused by them to any such area of the venue and shall fully reimburse us in relation to any damage so caused.

Students must keep their personal belongings with them always and we accept no liability for any damage to, loss of or theft of any of their belongings or other items brought to the teacher training course by them.

Students must strive to be professional and responsible and be willing to provide the public with access to safe and effective yoga training. Students are expected to acknowledge the limitations of their skills and scope of practice and where appropriate, refer their trainees to seek alternative instruction, advice, treatment, or direction.